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Coping With The School Holiday Rush In Your Bar In Spain

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When you start working in your Spanish bar or restaurant, you will always have to be prepared for school holidays in Northern Europe, as your trade will increase sharply.One week before any school holiday in say the UK you will need to increase your stock by 100%.

At the moment there are about 2-2 ½ times the number of people who are normally here, just because the schools are out in Northern Europe.

Our regular butcher who supplies us with meat each week, not only gets much larger orders from us at Easter (and all the other long holidays), but he has many other bars and restaurants who also want double their normal supply.

My advice is that you order 2 weeks before you need the supplies and follow up the order with a reminder about one week before you are due to collect it.

If you wait to the last minute you may well get the poor quality cuts of meat or be given less than you have ordered, both of which are bad for business.

Don’t forget to order extra beer and soft drinks, as well as spirits. Sometimes you’ll be able to borrow a crate of Fanta or a barrel of beer from another bar, but that’s a very risky strategy to adopt. It’s much better to plan ahead and have plenty of stock of your own.

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